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Post by ozboomer on Dec 18, 2011 5:15:02 GMT -5
I've been working on a couple of experiments lately.. and I've been trying to get a good "up-strum" working. I dunno if I'm being too picky/self-critical... but what d'you think of this example? How do you practice an up-strum/reverse-strum like this? Sidebar: I find it so 'mazing how we get the audio/sampling thing working in computerland... but even more 'mazing is the "resolution" we humans are capable of. I was working on those strums above and I was trying to get some other rhythm things working with them... and I was getting my timing pretty right, just playing along with a metronome. The time intervals between rhythm parts I was playing ended-up being 'off-tempo' by less than 0.1%... Heck. Galileo was SOOOO right...
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Post by lpf3 on Dec 18, 2011 11:54:37 GMT -5
Sounded good to me- my mind immediately played the Pipeline lick. ;D
Yeah, but didn't he live out his life under house arrest?
-lpf3
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Post by reTrEaD on Dec 18, 2011 13:53:18 GMT -5
How do you practice an up-strum/reverse-strum like this? Learning to up-strum or up-pick is easier if you dissect the mechanics of what's happening when downpicking. To keep the pick from getting caught up on the strings, we put a slight angle on the pick. If angling the the pick is mostly accomplished by rotating the wrist, you might have problems when you try to follow the same wrist motion in reverse. You might find it easier to have your wrist movement follow exactly the same path in both up and down motions. And change the pick angle by moving your thumb toward your palm when down-picking and away from the palm when up-picking. As always, YMMV.
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Post by sumgai on Dec 18, 2011 14:01:28 GMT -5
Ozzy, Better watch your titles.... Maureen McHugh might have something to say about this one.... Good thing you didn't include either 'China' or 'Mountain'! And lpf3's 'judgement call' comes from the Ventures' version, they've always done the upstrum as accompanyment to Pipeline. In the original though, by the Chantays (funny how an instrumental band named themselves from the French word meaning "to sing" ), the second guitar does the rhythm all the way through, and it's the piano that's doing the chords. Said piano player played a lot with said chords, arpeggiating both up- and down-wards. Still one of the better versions ever recorded. (Best version? The Astronauts, bar none. Trust me on that one. ) HTH sumgai
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Post by lpf3 on Dec 18, 2011 14:49:28 GMT -5
(Best version? The Astronauts, bar none. Trust me on that one. ) HTH sumgai Oh yeah, I gotta give ya that one. The guitar tone is killin' me. And the reverb- is that the now famous "fwip" sound that you were referring to? For your listening pleasure......... -lpf3
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